German Shepherd Mix Was Apparently Hit By Car

POSTED: 12:38 pm CDT October 6, 2006
UPDATED: 12:53 pm CDT October 6, 2006


BELLFLOWER, Calif. -- An injured 6-year-old German shepherd mix limped into a hospital waiting room after apparently being struck by a car, according to animal control officials.


Buddy the dog limped into emergency at Kaiser Permanente Hospital in Bellflower, Calif., on Wednesday and sat in the waiting area at about 1 p.m., officials said.


"We were on a routine assignment, and we got a Code 2 that a dog had wandered into the hospital," said Wendy Alexander of the animal control unit. "When we walked in, he was laying on his bad hip. At that time, we didn't know that there was an injury. He was shaking. I thought, he knew he needed help and he knew where to get it."

Hospital officials called the Southeast Area Animal Control Authority and agency officials picked up Buddy and brought him to the shelter for treatment of a fracture.

"We don't know where he got hit by a car, but we're happy he chose the right place to get help," Capt. Aaron Reyes, SEAACA's director of operations, told the Whittier Daily News.

Through an identifying microchip implanted in Buddy's skin, SEAACA officials were able to locate his owner, who adopted him from the animal shelter about five years ago. Fabian Ortega, Buddy's owner, owns a construction equipment rental business about a block from the hospital.

"We didn't teach him that," said Ortega. "I don't know how he figured that one out."

Ortega said he had been searching the area for his dog since he ran away about two weeks ago from the yard of the business while the fence was repaired.



wow

awww what a smart sweetie

brownsugar said:

Thanks


oh...you meant the dog

pill

A cashier at a local discount drugstore was telling me this story last weekend. I was like, "No way, you're kidding me!" That is one smart pooch. I hope he gets reunited with his owners, or if he was a stray, that he finds a good, loving home.

awwwww....

Aww!

well, sometimes I see stray dogs out side. There's many cars going by and they are waiting at the curb...when the lights change they cross the street.

what a good boy...

I like this story.

Borat said:

what are you hiding for?

unlucky7 said:

I was thinking that maybe since hospitals are busy areas that the dog just followed everyone there.

Pigeons catch the tube in London and know when to get off.

Justin1972UK said:

I just thought about that corny parody song called "No Pigeons".